You don’t have to be from the West Coast to win at USC. You don’t need to be from Texas to win in Texas. 1 thing everyone making these decisions should be looking at is can the coach run a program? Is he a leader of men? A coach who is an elite leader of men will build the relationships necessary for recruiting success. Urban Meyer is from Ohio and had no ties to the state of Florida prior to being named the head coach after an undefeated season at Utah.Īnd yet, every time a job comes open, it seems that one of the first priorities is to find a guy from the area for recruiting. He eventually brought titles to both LSU and Alabama. Nick Saban is from West Virginia and spent the early part of his coaching career up north in Big Ten country. Here’s something to chew on as the coaching carousel and silly season heats up … If the other team can’t score, they can’t win. Plenty of other jobs will be coming open as the dominos start falling.įor now, Lanning will focus on a team that’s on the brink of a national championship. Or perhaps Texas Tech takes a swing on him, despite his inexperience.

Maybe he can make Georgia Southern the next hot Sun Belt team.

With a defense that has only given up 53 points this season, Lanning will surely have the ability to make whatever decision is best for him. Many thought Smart had stayed too long at Alabama … and then his alma mater opened up. Does he take a crack at a head job that is sure to come, or does he do what Kirby Smart did? Smart’s blueprint there was putting in time leading the nation’s top defensive units until the perfect fit comes along. Lanning eventually succeeded Tucker when he left to coach Colorado.Īfter all that in a short amount of time, the 35-year-old Lanning is next up in the line of the nation’s hottest assistant coaches. Lanning received his first on-field assignment from Mike Norvell at Memphis before joining Smart again at Georgia where he worked under Mel Tucker. He later did a GA stint at Alabama where he learned from Nick Saban, Kirby Smart, and Jeremy Pruitt. Lanning had humble beginnings as a high school coach in Kansas City, Missouri. The Bulldogs look impenetrable week after week they are absolutely suffocating teams. Georgia defensive coordinator Dan Lanning is conducting a generational defense.

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